Scientists say the new index for El Niño and La Niña is a better indicator of ocean temperature extremes and atmospheric ...

If you’ve been following forecasts for the autumn and winter, you might have seen discussion of La Niña, a weather pattern that has something to do with the changing temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.

Developed in response to a warming world, NOAA’s revised scale more precisely identifies which episodes are likely to have the biggest impacts.

ORLANDO, Fla. – As predicted, La Niña came to fruition at the tail-end of September, with cooler than average water temperature anomalies spreading out across each of its individual “regions” through ...

Why? And what does it mean for surf forecasting?

Farmers across the U.S. are watching the Pacific closely this year as NOAA predicts La Niña could exit faster than expected, potentially giving way to an El Niño later in 2026. While this transition ...

CLEVELAND — Hundreds of years ago, fishermen casting their nets off the coast of Peru and Ecuador noticed something unusual. Every few years, the ocean water in their usually productive fishing ...

La Niña continues as one of the leading playwrights of U.S. weather this winter, helping guide the jet stream and contributing to polar disruptions that have pushed Arctic air into lower latitudes — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate troublemaker La Niña will play an ongoing role in the weather here in the United States for the remainder of winter, ...